Faucet



Dec. 18,1934. c F, STODD RD 1,984,999

FAUCET Filed July 24, 1953 15 f I7ZU67ZZZ'7" if I 14 40 7266668 16 g I g a I Patented Dec. 18,1934 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FAUCET Charles F. Stoddard, Chicago, 111., assignor to Robert S. Grogan, Chicago, 111.

Application July 24, 1933, Serial No. 681,815 1 Claim. (01. 137- 111) This invention relates to water faucets. The lower ends of the conduits 4 are provided Water faucets heretofore in common use have with reduced portions for insertion through ad y a sin inlet r p vi u Openings 11 in the support. Collars 12 are cation between the faucet and the Water pp y mounted on the conduits for engagement with 5 P p d Such inlets have not been uniformly D one face of the support. Washers 13' and nuts 5 sitioned with respect to the faucet body because 14 are mounted on the reduced portions 10 for there is no uniformity as to the location of the clamping the faucet to the support. p y p p wi p t t t si or The upper and lower ends of the conduits 4 other receptacle to which the faucet is attached. are open s that either end may serve as inlet 10 In som fixt res, h upply pip n u s h for communication with the water supply. If 10 e pwardly and in ot ers do y the supply pipes 1 and 2 are positioned above the faucet and, for this reason, plumbers have th fau t, the upper ends of the conduits 4 n qu d t ar y in Stock faucets having serve as inlets and for this ur ose threaded inlets at the top and other faucets having inlets nipples 15 are formed at th upper ends of the 15 at the bottom. There has, therefore, been conconduits for attachment {:0 the supply pipes, 15 siderable objection to the old type of faucet havwh th u r ends of the conduits 4 are ing but a single inlet for communication with connected t th Supply pipes, the lower ends the pp y p p of the conduits are sealed by caps 16 which are The main Objects of this invention are to adapted to be threaded on the reduced portions 20 de an mp ved f m of auce adapted to 10 as illustrated in Fig. 2. The reduced por- 20 mil e W e either a i pp its lower tions 10 are of the same diameter and have the end, thereby permitting its use in connection Same size threads as th nipples 15 so that, with Various types of fiXtllreS; to provide when the supply pipes are disposed below the proved means for sealing the inlet of the faucet faucet t may be tt h t th thr d d which is not to be e and 1 provide a faucet portions 10 and, in that event, the caps 16 are 25 of thls kind which may be quickly and easily threaded on the nipples 15 for sealing the upper attached to or removed. from the supply pipes by ends of the conduits 4 as shown in Fig ordinary workmen who do not possess the skill Although but one Specific embodiment of this g f'fi g iq g g t t i I invention has been herein shown and described, 1 us m We em 0 lmen O 1 1S mven Ion Is it will be understood that certain details of the shown in the accom an in drawin wherein:-

Figure 1 is a g gg j of i improved construction shown may be altered without def t partly broken away; a portion of the parting from the spirit of the invention as set supporting structure being shown in section, and forth P the followmg clamh the two supply pipes being illustrated in dotted 1 01mm: 35

' outline. A four-way combination hot and cold water Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same taken a l adapted for 00111160131011 either d from the left of Fig. 1 and showing the upper ly n r v d wa supp y p s, p s n end of the faucet communicating with the liquid ate a y paced V ca Conduits e fo med 40 supply and its lower end sealed. on its upper end with an externally threaded 40 The faucet herein shown is of the double n pp e and having'a reduced externally ea type for hot and cold water which is Supplied owe po a ap o extend through a pto the faucet by the usual pipes 1 and 2. A p C a p u 011 said threaded lower P portion of the tub, basin, or other fixture which tions, and a pair of internally threaded caps; 5 supports the faucet is illustrated at 3. said nipples and reduced lower portions being In the form shown, the faucet comprises a of unif rm diam r and a adapted to e a e pair of vertically disposed conduits 4 arranged either with said Cap w wa pp y P pes, in substantially parallel spaced relation and cona cross conduit connecting and communicating nected together by an outlet pipe 5, which sup- "w th a d Vertical Conduits, a Swiveled p u 5 ports a'hinged spout 6. communicating with said cross conduit, and

The flow of water from the conduits 4 to the 'valves controlling communication of said vertispout is controlled by a pair of axially alined cal conduits with said cross conduit. valves '7 mounted on horizontally disposed stems r 8 having the usual handles 9. t CHARLES F. STODDARD. 

